---
name: "transeq"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/transeq"
---

# transeq(1e)

Translate nucleic acid sequences

## NAME

transeq - Translate nucleic acid sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**transeq** **-sequence** *seqall* \[**-frame** *list*\] \[**-table** *list*\] \[**-regions** *range*\] \[**-trim** *boolean*\] \[**-clean** *boolean*\] **-alternative** *boolean* **-outseq** *seqoutall*

**transeq** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**transeq** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Nucleic:Translation" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *seqall*

  ### Additional section

- **-frame** *list*

  Default value: 1

- **-table** *list*

  - **-regions** *range*

  Regions to translate. If this is left blank, then the complete sequence is translated. A set of regions is specified by a set of pairs of positions. The positions are integers. They are separated by any non-digit, non-alpha character. Examples of region specifications are: 24-45, 56-78 1:45, 67=99;765..888 1,5,8,10,23,45,57,99 Note: you should not try to use this option with any other frame than the default, -frame=1

- **-trim** *boolean*

  This removes all 'X' and '\*' characters from the right end of the translation. The trimming process starts at the end and continues until the next character is not a 'X' or a '\*' Default value: N

- **-clean** *boolean*

  This changes all STOP codon positions from the '\*' character to 'X' (an unknown residue). This is useful because some programs will not accept protein sequences with '\*' characters in them. Default value: N

### Advanced section

- **-alternative** *boolean*

  The default definition of frame '-1' is the reverse-complement of the set of codons used in frame 1. (Frame -2 is the set of codons used by frame 2, similarly frames -3 and 3). This is a common standard, used by the Staden package and other programs. If you prefer to define frame '-1' as using the set of codons starting with the last codon of the sequence, then set this to be true. Default value: N

### Output section

- **-outseq** *seqoutall*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

transeq is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.